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brim

[brim] / brɪm /




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Meanwhile, songs like “Down South” brim with nostalgia for days gone by — in this instance, memories of a hitchhiking jaunt with Harrison.

From Salon May 12, 2026

Filling the stockpile to the brim will cost around $20 billion according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

The result is storage facilities that are full to the brim.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

She told the BBC that the airport had been "packed to the brim" before it was announced that no flights had been able to arrive or leave on Monday morning.

From BBC Jan. 5, 2026

The usually conservative room was festooned with sashes and streamers of blue, green, and gold, and several tables were filled to the brim with food.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Mr. Mikhail’s book brims with details of their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Another reviewer says the film brims with "more rage than it knows what to do with".

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

These vignettes are where Gyllenhaal’s directorial eye shines the brightest, and where “The Bride!” brims with promise — just before the first of the film’s several unexplained narrative shifts.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

Consign Design traffics in luxury labels like Brunello, Prada, Gucci and Hermès, along with top-drawer skiwear, while Capelet Consign brims with AG, Theory, Veronica Beard and Ulla Johnson.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

They beat the brims of their hats against their legs before putting diem on and trudged down the road like old promises nobody wanted kept.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

And social media brimmed with foreign fans admiring the US way of life.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Everything about the production embraced simplicity and sincerity, and the result was an ultimately sad and strange tale that nevertheless brimmed with unforced warmth.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

Comments on the piece brimmed with hostility for the very idea that a life prioritizing pets might be more joyous and meaningful than one spent searching for a suitable human.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2025

At Hickory Hill, her children’s days had brimmed with well-planned activities, Brad Blank, a close friend of her children, told Vanity Fair in 1997.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2024

His eyes brimmed with such pity and sadness, I sobbed and crumpled over myself, ashamed at how close I had come, so very close, just to fail.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

A gripping finale at Royal Lytham & St Annes was brimming with drama, magic and misfortune - particularly on the crucial 18th hole.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

A week later, on Jan. 29, 2020, he’s brimming with excitement when journalist Lou Dobbs tells him he recommended Mr. Trump consult the doctor on the outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Most of the questions and answers were about training and diet, the preparation required to make a film brimming with sheer, unadulterated masculinity.

From Salon May 27, 2026

Many of the old tree sitters — white-haired and brimming with stories of Bari — have come out of the woodwork for the latest battle.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

Her mom, with hair tall enough to hold a few family secrets, stands with eyes brimming like she might cry or something.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy




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